Nationalism

You seriously have to be a moron to be into this crap

real slippery slope into fascism. im not fucking with it

Evolutionarily, I've always struggled to see where nationalism originated. "Us VS Them" builds a community, and communities survive in a Darwinist system, that's true! But by the time humanity began building nations, this mindset was obsolete. It makes me wonder who the first guy to be a stuck-up asshole about being from somewhere was. ESSENTIA - 3 - Most nations have a strong political identity, and nations are a prevalent part of modern human life. We would live very differently, if we did not subscribe to nationalism. GLORIA - 2 - I dislike my country's leadership, broadly! I also think nationalism is annoying at best and horrifically dangerous at worst. CRUCIA - 2 - Nationalism is the cause of or scapegoat for most large-scale human atrocities. It is not inherently a harmful thing, but it seems to always lead to harm. CULTIVAR - 2 - I think I can count the amount of times I've been motivated to do something "for the nation" on one hand. AWE - 3.5 - It isn't uncommon throughout history and in the modern day for those without aim or motive to apply themselves to their country, and do incredible and terrible things. It is impressive, but it is difficult to quantify what is for their nation and what is for their faith, family, friends, political values, etc etc.

Can be good if done correctly, but often just leads to hatred for other nations

fun

root of all* evil. has the strongest allure of any poison

edits go hard

no good

cringe